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Expedia Group Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Expedia Group Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Net income (loss) (123) 395 378 (177) (581) (391) (200) (740) (1,397) 78 407 187 (100) 25 531 (9) (149) 53 349 54 (85)
Depreciation of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development 175 177 177 179 182 180 183 191 185 182 178 176 176 169 171 169 167 165 156 151 142
Amortization of intangible assets 22 22 24 26 27 207 37 41 44 44 50 52 52 110 71 72 72 71 71 66 67
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets — 20 — — — (172) 55 30 886 — — — — 25 — 61 — — — — —
Amortization of stock-based compensation 90 99 116 120 83 49 47 54 55 66 60 59 56 49 54 50 50 46 6 50 47
Deferred income taxes (101) 13 83 (66) (175) (120) (89) (171) (108) (33) (43) (32) 17 (27) (275) (94) 88 (14) (92) (11) 14
Foreign exchange (gain) loss on cash, restricted cash and short-term investments, net 6 29 56 (6) 26 (25) (38) (33) 98 (45) 53 (18) 5 17 9 90 (5) 3 (24) (48) (10)
Realized (gain) loss on foreign currency forwards 32 (5) 9 5 7 9 (10) (60) (19) (18) 12 (9) (7) 3 (18) (8) (8) (6) 6 (14) 7
(Gain) loss on minority equity investments, net (21) 22 11 4 (8) (60) 7 7 188 (21) 25 10 (22) 11 39 98 (37) — 8 5 1
Loss on debt extinguishment — — — — 280 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Gain on sale of business, net — (456) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other, net 2 65 (39) (18) 24 4 25 14 105 (5) (3) (6) (7) (5) 6 24 (3) (6) (8) (6) (9)
Accounts receivable (476) 60 (52) (429) (300) 145 157 393 1,086 175 199 (274) (468) 134 60 (131) (345) (27) 6 (202) (232)
Prepaid expenses and other assets (356) (34) 424 (119) (495) 31 366 206 (791) (193) 7 16 (23) (17) 84 (39) (57) (8) (39) (17) (52)
Accounts payable, merchant (41) 114 107 430 126 20 49 (307) (1,082) 105 (152) 232 39 (176) 67 102 (127) 57 62 284 (87)
Accounts payable, other, accrued expenses and other liabilities 267 (100) (115) 319 34 (128) (28) (115) (129) 47 (229) 290 146 25 (45) 178 38 (41) 19 214 65
Tax payable/receivable, net (13) 3 5 4 (2) 5 20 (50) (32) (17) 137 26 (169) (39) 300 19 (178) (2) 129 (72) (86)
Deferred merchant bookings 3,515 (145) (2,397) 2,244 2,940 (139) (1,379) (1,284) 226 37 (1,421) 441 2,285 (468) (1,311) 241 2,027 (425) (1,012) 223 1,807
Deferred revenue 13 6 (8) (2) 2 — (21) (22) (99) (61) (141) (12) 169 19 (114) (8) 143 11 (82) 15 86
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 2,909 (96) (2,036) 2,447 2,305 (66) (836) (1,179) (821) 93 (1,600) 719 1,979 (522) (959) 362 1,501 (436) (918) 445 1,500
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 3,114 (110) (1,599) 2,691 2,751 6 (619) (1,106) 613 263 (1,268) 951 2,249 (170) (902) 824 1,825 (176) (793) 639 1,758
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 2,991 285 (1,221) 2,514 2,170 (385) (819) (1,846) (784) 341 (861) 1,138 2,149 (145) (371) 815 1,676 (123) (444) 692 1,673
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development (156) (143) (179) (183) (168) (128) (176) (206) (287) (296) (291) (299) (274) (244) (223) (219) (192) (185) (169) (190) (167)
Purchases of investments — (200) — (1) — — — (400) (285) (63) (647) (198) (438) (89) (45) (802) (867) (98) (722) (211) (780)
Sales and maturities of investments 200 — 11 12 — — 400 176 585 217 608 27 — 445 1,068 307 317 176 746 169 7
Proceeds from initial exchange of cross-currency interest rate swaps 337 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Payments for initial exchange of cross-currency interest rate swaps (337) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash and restricted cash divested from sale of business, net of proceeds — (60) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other, net (31) (22) 75 (61) (12) (28) 10 57 19 18 67 10 6 (16) (21) 8 14 5 (31) (122) (9)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities 13 (425) (93) (233) (180) (156) 234 (373) 32 (124) (263) (460) (706) 96 779 (706) (728) (102) (176) (354) (950)
Revolving credit facility borrowings — — — — — — 772 — 1,900 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Revolving credit facility repayments — — — — — (650) (2,022) — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of issuance costs — — — (3) 1,967 (1) 1,232 2,714 — (4) 1,235 — — — — — — (3) 992 — —
Payment of long-term debt (724) — — — (1,706) — (750) — — — — — — — (500) — — — — — —
Debt extinguishment costs — — — (2) (256) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock and warrants — — — — — — — 1,132 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Redemption of preferred stock — (618) — (618) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Payment of Liberty Expedia Exchangeable Debentures — — — — — — — — — — (400) — — — — — — — — — —
Purchases of treasury stock (47) (57) (23) (30) (55) (6) (5) (4) (410) (391) (323) (4) (25) (303) (194) (224) (202) (158) (40) (69) (45)
Payment of dividends to common and preferred stockholders — (17) — (50) — (58) — (17) (48) (50) (50) (48) (47) (48) (47) (45) (46) (46) (46) (42) (42)
Proceeds from exercise of equity awards and employee stock purchase plan 101 82 42 110 269 214 9 10 86 24 121 65 91 28 71 47 20 49 43 79 58
Other, net 7 (12) 8 5 (9) 7 2 (19) (11) (11) (10) — 2 (12) (28) 2 (8) (16) (9) — (18)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (663) (622) 27 (588) 210 (494) (762) 3,816 1,517 (432) 573 13 21 (335) (698) (220) (236) (173) 941 (33) (48)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents (11) (51) (100) 47 (73) 92 62 48 (141) 65 (82) 31 (11) (20) (13) (123) 17 5 44 66 31
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents 2,330 (813) (1,387) 1,740 2,127 (943) (1,285) 1,645 624 (150) (633) 722 1,453 (404) (303) (234) 729 (393) 365 372 706

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).


The financial performance from early 2017 through early 2022 is characterized by significant volatility, particularly during the period between March 2020 and December 2020. Net income experienced extreme fluctuations, shifting from moderate profitability and intermittent losses in 2017 and 2018 to severe deficits in 2020, with a peak loss of 1,397 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2020. A recovery phase is evident starting in late 2021, although the trend remained inconsistent into the first quarter of 2022.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Net cash provided by operating activities exhibits high seasonality and is heavily influenced by deferred merchant bookings. Significant cash inflows are observed in the first quarters of 2019, 2021, and 2022, corresponding with spikes in deferred merchant bookings. Conversely, 2020 saw a profound collapse in operating cash flow, reaching a low of negative 1,846 million US dollars in June 2020. This period was further impacted by substantial impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, particularly the 886 million US dollars recorded in March 2020.
Investing Activity and Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditures remained relatively consistent throughout the analyzed period, generally ranging between 128 million and 299 million US dollars per quarter. A strategic shift in investment activity is noted; while the company frequently engaged in the purchase and sale of investments between 2017 and 2019, these activities diminished in scale by 2021. The first quarter of 2022 showed a transition to a net positive cash flow from investing activities, aided by a gain on the sale of business totaling 456 million US dollars.
Financing and Liquidity Management
Financing activities reveal a strategic pivot to maintain liquidity during the 2020 crisis. This is evidenced by 1,900 million US dollars in revolving credit facility borrowings in March 2020 and 2,714 million US dollars in long-term debt issuance in June 2020, complemented by 1,132 million US dollars from the issuance of preferred stock and warrants. Subsequent periods show a trend of deleveraging, with significant payments of long-term debt in 2021 and the redemption of preferred stock totaling 618 million US dollars in both the third and fourth quarters of 2021.
Working Capital and Asset Trends
The impact of working capital is dominated by the volatility of deferred merchant bookings, which creates large swings in net cash flow. Accounts receivable and accounts payable, merchant also showed extreme movements during 2020, reflecting the disruption in travel bookings and the subsequent settlement of obligations. Stock-based compensation remained a consistent non-cash add-back, generally increasing from the 40-60 million US dollar range in 2017-2019 to peaks above 100 million US dollars in 2021.

Overall, the data indicates a company that utilized aggressive debt financing to offset severe operational losses and cash outflows during 2020, subsequently using recovered operating cash flows and asset sales to restructure its balance sheet and reduce debt obligations by early 2022.

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